# Focus phantom frustration

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/focus-phantom-frustration/53713>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** focus, transmissions, ford\
**Created:** [August 17, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/focus-phantom-frustration/53713 "2010-08-17T21:20:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mikelarge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mikelarge](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mikelarge)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/focus-phantom-frustration/53713/1 "2010-08-17T21:20:25Z")

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2007 Ford Focus. Merging onto freeway, car upshifts from 1-2 but totally misses 3rd or OD. Ford mechanics can’t replicate this problem on test drive. Computer does not throw a code. What is going on here?